First year of having strawberries and I need some advice about runners.
Some have already rooted in the soil so I have cut them off from the parent.
Can I move these at a later date?
Secondly how many runners can you take from one plant?
Not a master at this but I moved my newly rooted runners at a later date once they were well away , can't remember exactly how long it was before I moved them but I did and they were fine .I took a max of 4 runners from each parent plant.
If you hold down the 'baby' plant onto the surface of a plant pot of soil / compost, when the roots are well developed you can cut off the runner and it won't suffer any transplant shock.
Cheers, Tony.
This is how I do it;
http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/Data/Strawberry/Strawberry/strawberry.html (http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/Data/Strawberry/Strawberry/strawberry.html)
It has been said that you should cut off the runners in the first year, it allows the plant to concentrate on root growth.